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Have No Fear of Walking Alone into that Dark Night
From Moment in Isolation, Israel, 2020//Artistic Director: Noit Geva My grandmother contracted the coronavirus. She lives alone. She’s in a risk group. These are difficult days. I am in a tower at one end of town, and she’s at the other end. Communication between us is done over the phone. It’s hard to be apart, […] >>
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At the heart of Maya Tiberman & Shai Hershkowitz’s work, A Shell, there is a boy who transforms reality with the help of his imagination and inner world. A shell he has found on the beach functions as a magic tool. Using it enables him to change realtiy and materialize the figments of his imagination. […] >>
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The story of the Israeli “bear” society, through the eyes of one group of gay, overweight men with similar preferences, who are struggling with weight problems, loneliness and their pasts. The film focuses on four main characters, Paz, Daniel, Motti and Motti, and follows them on their journeys for survival, during which they will have […] >>
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Passing time fills a central role in The Way Home. Using old 8 mm. films and an intimate portrayal of the significant events in his personal life over the last fifteen years, director Tomer Heymann (It Kinda Scares Me, Paper Dolls, Bridge Over the Wadi), reveals a charged and surprising emotional world. Shooting with a […] >>
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Diana, Ilana, Rona, Shelly, Rucha and Liat openly speak about their life in prostitution: from the initial lure, through learning the rules, to survival strategies. They present stories of independence, resourcefulness, pain and trauma, expressing an extreme feminine and human experience. Michaela (pseudonym) – a young woman currently engaged in prostitution, sounds off on the […] >>
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Boxer Johar Abu Lashin dreams of winning a world title in Nazareth and then in his hometown of Gaza, but faces challenges amidst the political situation in the Middle East. Can his journey to winning a title prize in the ring make him a hero in the eyes of both Israelis and Palestinians? >>
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Ben (35), a talented animator, dreams of publishing his comic book, titled “The Dream Factory”, but keeps getting rejected. His daughter Maya decides to take him into their own fantasy world and together they journey to The Dream Factory, in order to make his dream come true. On the way, Ben realizes that his dreams […] >>
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Israel: A Home Movie tells the story of Israel and Palestine from the start of the 20th century up to the late seventies by means of personal home movie footage alone, filmed solely by amateur photographers; private citizens who owned cameras in 16mm, 8mm or Super 8mm format, as well as any unprofessional format from before […] >>
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Gili dreams of becoming an independent woman. Noam, her husband, cannot possibly think of releasing his hold of her, he loves her to death. The film ‘Cheer Me Up’ reveals a 48-hour glimpse in the life of a family living in the shadow of domestic violence. >>
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Famous Israeli singer Danny Bassan was born in Brazil and immigrated to Israel with his mother after they were abandoned by his father. Forty years later, in November 1994, Danny returns to Brazil to search for his father. This film, which follows his personal drama as it occurs, investigates concepts such as love, family and […] >>
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Mount of Olives – overlooking Temple Mount and the absent Holy Temple. Tradition proclaims this is the closest point on earth to heavenly sanctity, and burial here ensures proximity to eternity. Yet among the tombs we find the living: those who have chosen this holy mount for their home, who have elected to live in […] >>
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While researching footage for a documentary, an Israeli archive researcher comes across a few tapes titled “Loot.” Why are they there? To whom do they belong? In 1982, The Israeli army invaded Beirut. A film archive of the PLO’s filming unit, containing hundreds of hours of raw materials, disappeared. “SHALAL” is a story of a […] >>
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Since Israel’s decisive victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have made their homes in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank. With unprecedented access to pioneers of the settlement movement and a diverse group of modern-day settlers, religious and secular alike, The Settlers is a comprehensive exploration of the […] >>
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A short documentary about a house and characters that cannot be shown. Two israeli tenants create a miniature world of found-objects. On a desk, with changing sceneries, they tell the story of the different narratives colliding in the Palestinian house they rent. >>
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Home videos shot during his childhood send director Shauly Melamed on a downward spiral, inspiring a search for other LGBTQ adults who documented themselves during puberty. Shauly finds many such individuals who, in their youth, exposed their non-conforming identities without understanding the secrets the camera beheld. Tom, transgender, grew up in the Ultra-Orthodox town of […] >>